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On Wednesday, July 28, Melanie Mark, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, announced that Kelowna had won the right to host the 2026 BC Summer Games. From July 23 - 26, 2026, Kelowna will welcome over 4,000 athletes, coaches, support personnel, and families to our city for the biennual multisport competition…
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For the second year in a row, Kelowna has been nationally recognized by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) as the top mid-size city (population 50,000 – 150,000) in Canada for sport hosting. The award recognizes the collaboration between the City of Kelowna and Tourism Kelowna on attracting national championships and international competitions hosted in 2019 and those awarded for 2020 and beyond…
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In the interest of public health and safety due to COVID-19, sports leagues, events, and festivals around the world have been postponed indefinitely or cancelled outright. As per the direction of BC Public Health, several events in Kelowna have been cancelled…
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Last Wednesday, February 5, Tourism Kelowna attended the Community Sport Hero Awards, hosted by PacificSport Okanagan and The City of Kelowna, to present the 2020 Sport Hosting Award. Alongside Mayor Colin Basran, we presented the Kelowna Skating Club (KSC) with this year’s honour…
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Nearly 1,400 Indigenous youth athletes from across British Columbia will travel to Kelowna next month for the 2020 Jr. All Native Basketball Tournament (JANT)…
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UBC Okanagan Heat Softball will host the Canadian Collegiate Softball Association (CCSA) National Championship in Kelowna from October 9 – 11, 2020. Tourism Kelowna and the City of Kelowna enthusiastically supported this bid as UBCO Heat Softball enters its second season in the Western Collegiate Softball Association…
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A full house is expected at Prospera Place when one of Canada's biggest sporting events, the Tim Hortons Brier™, comes to Kelowna in March 2021…
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Kelowna will welcome visitors from around the globe, including some of the world's top figure skaters, for 2019 Skate Canada International, which is taking place at Prospera Place from October 25 to 27, plus a day of official practice on October 24…
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We are excited to announce that Colin McGuinness will be joining the Tourism Kelowna team later this month, overseeing our business development for sports and events.…
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The countdown is officially on for the Kelowna 2019 55+ BC Games. This past Saturday, event organizers held a ceremonial torch lighting in Stuart Park to kick-off the games, which take place September 10-14, 2019…
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the syilx/Okanagan people
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Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
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